Key Stage 2 Phase Lead

Ark Dickens Primary Academy

Job Title: Class Teacher

Start date: September 2024

Location:   Portsmouth, PO1 4PN

Salary:        Ark Main Pay Scale/Upper Pay Scale – Outside London (£30,570 - £46,666)+ TLR

Hours:       Full time                   

Contract:   Permanent

Closing date: Monday 13th May 2024

This is an exciting opportunity for an exceptional candidate to join a dedicated team of staff at Ark Dickens Primary Academy.

About the role:

You will be instrumental in our mission to ensure every child receives a great education to ensure real choices in life, regardless of background. We are looking for a highly motivated, capable, resilient and reflective leader to join our team. You will enter a well-established and high-profile school with much to be proud of and celebrate, but with still much more to do.

Our ideal candidate will:

·        Be an outstanding practitioner

·        Have a great understanding and passion for the curriculum and a commitment to developing the best provision for every child

·        Have proven experience of positively impacting on children’s progress and achievement

·        Have the desire to learn and grow

·        Have the desire to work closely with the leadership team

·        Have ambition, drive and resilience with high expectations of themselves, the children and school community

·        Be fully aligned with Ark’s values and six pillars

·        Be excited by, and committed to, supporting practices that will drive great progress across the wider network of Ark schools

About our school:

Through a culture of high expectations and excellence, we want every child at our school to become a successful citizen of the world, ready to take on new adventures and challenges along their journey. 

At Ark Dickens we have a strong and passionate team of staff who are dedicated to ensuring that every child achieves their full potential. We know every child in depth and use this knowledge to plan for our children, ensuring high engagement and high expectations at all times.

We ensure our children benefit from a broad curriculum which puts their well-being and healthy lifestyle at the heart.  We have exciting plans to further develop our curriculum and incredible grounds within our inner-city surroundings to  ensure we develop the next leaders of the future.

Our school values of kindness, community, unity, resilience, respect and aspiration are communicated and reinforced in every aspect of school life and underpin our vision of ‘Be Your Best!’

Our leadership team is approachable, friendly and always available to help. You will find there is a real ‘team effort’ ethos at the school, with the leadership team ensuring you have regular dedicated time to develop the lower key stage 2 phase as well as your own professional development your leadership.

We are part of the Ark network of schools and work closely with Ark Ayrton and Ark Charter to serve the children of Portsmouth. We are committed to ensuring our children are well-equipped to successfully make the next exciting step in education as they move onto secondary school and furthermore take their place as citizens of the community.

Learn more about us by visiting https://arkdickensprimary.org/. 

 We offer:

·        Salaries 2.5% higher than main pay scale.

·        Twice as many training days as standard.

·        Generous pension scheme.

·        Access to Ark rewards – a scheme offering savings from over 3,000 major retailers

·        Interest-free loans – up to £5,000 available for season ticket or to buy a bicycle.

·        Gym discounts – offering up to 40%.

·        Access to Employee Assistance Programme – providing free, confidential counselling, legal advice and a range of different support.

 Click here to find out more about the benefits we offer.

How to apply:

Please visit https://arkdickensprimary.org/jobs/vacancies and submit your application. Please note we will be reviewing applications on an on-going basis and this advert may close earlier than advertised depending on the level of response. Early application is strongly advised.

If you’d like further information or an informal, confidential chat, please do get in touch using the details below.

Please contact Ann Dyson on 02392 826514, a.dyson@arkdickensprimary.org who will make an appointment with you to meet and tour with Laura Berry, Head of School.

 Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies. In order to meet this responsibility, its academies follow a rigorous selection process to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants.  

Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment - this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred. To read more about Ark’s safer recruitment process, please click this link. 

We aim to build a diverse and inclusive organisation where everyone – staff and students – can do their best work and achieve their full potential. We want to reflect and represent diverse perspectives across our organisation because we know that doing so will make us stronger and more effective. To know more about Ark’s diversity and inclusion commitments, please click on this link.